Word: rood
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Because the law is directed at residents, not visitors, hotel dining rooms are exempt; restaurant bars and cocktail lounges are also excluded from the ban. "We understand the relationship between alcohol and cigarettes -- we're not out to reform human nature," explains former City Attorney Steven Rood. As for hotels, he notes, "French and Italian movie moguls can't do business without a cigarette in their mouth." Such reasoning does not satisfy restaurant owners. Vito Sasso, proprietor of the romantic Romeo and Juliet, argues that he too has foreign customers, citing one wealthy visitor who orders several $500 bottles...
...case was the first in which the U.S. Government successfully used espionage statutes to convict an individual for providing classified information to the press rather than to a foreign power. "This will have a chilling effect on public discussion of important military matters," said Tony Rood, a member of Morison's defense team. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Schatzow disagreed. But he said he does hope the verdict will cut off leaks at their source: Government employees...